Carlos Enrique Diaz de Leon

Carlos Enrique Diaz de Leon (15 April 1915-2014) was President of Guatemala from 27 to 29 June 1954, succeeding Jacobo Arbenz Guzman and preceding Elfegio Monzon.

Biography
Carlos Enrique Diaz de Leon was a friend of Jacobo Arbenz Guzman since their military academy days, and he eventually reached the rank of colonel in the Guatemalan army. In 1951, Arbenz made Diaz the chief of the Guatemalan armed forces, and, in 1954, the United States bribed him with $200,000 to act against Arbenz's government. Diaz persuaded Arbens to resign as Carlos Castillo Armas invaded Guatemala, and Arbenz made Diaz promise to protect the reforms of the Guatemalan Revolution. Diaz ordered operations against known communists before he even came to power, and he formed a military junta and decided to continue the fight against Castillo, surprising the United States. The USA decided that they needed a better army officer as president, so they installed Elfegio Monzon as the new president. Diaz died in 2014.